somtimes more than others

sometimes more than others
I just have to do things that get me out
of my comfort zone
out of my 'normal'
shakes up my status quo
wakes up my senses
and sets afire the dream burning on the inside of me

I just have to do things that remind me just
how alive, how free, how real I am

and then I can think again
clarity comes back to me
and I am reminded
that I really am...
a writer
a singer
an artist
a business woman
a visionary
whatever it is that I am trying be, I am reminded that she is me, naturally
and all I have to do is walk in it

remember
writers write
designers design
singers sing
dancers dance
business women conduct business
teachers teach
and doers do
so get to it!

I took a artist class to learn to see life the way a drawer or a painter does,
I still am not very good at this art form, and I have an enormous canvas with an artistic mess hiding in storage to show for it, but I gained a new perspective
and recaptured my sense of freedom all over again because I remembered
that like a child I can do or be anything that I want

I took a photography class to learn to hold a moment in time with my camera.
It still takes me forever to frame a beautiful shot, but to this day I still become
some one else behind the lens, a photographer extraordinaire because I want to be
at least for the moment

I think I'll take a guitar class, a piano class, horse back riding lessons and learn to swim;
whatever I want, maybe some acting classes, just for fun and freedom. who knows what else I will become. but one thing is certain for me, diversity and changing it up sometimes (or often) makes me more of a writer and more alive.

(c) Jamillah Warner, gospelnerve.com, I got the nerve to say . . .